we start to dry out by midday. >> 83 sounds good. >> thank you, gwen. >> thanks, gwen. >> 54 years ago today richard nixon and john kennedy faced off in the first televised presidential debate changing the course of american history and politics, for that matter. well, the power of t.v. put jfk there first. fox's eric shawn looks back. >> reporter: it simply changed the way we elect presidents. 70million americans watched as john f. kennedy and richard nixon sparred in the first live televised presidential debate. >> the question is which point of view and which party do we want to lead the united states? >> i know what it means to be poor. i know what it means to see people unemployed. >> the seventh game of the world series becomes those debates, particularly the first one. >> reporter: david is the author of the new book 1960lbj versus jfk versus nixon. >> it is two men stripping down, going into the ring with one-on-one and each hoping to bloody the other one. >> what does a cut mean? it means get out kick in five seconds. >> reporter: in 1960 actually four debate but the first one